County championship baseball shocks Iowa towns
Grinnell and Montezuma faced off in a heated county championship with eight players hired from Omaha including Marty Toole. Montezuma won 4 to 4 in the ninth after an Omaha shove led to two late runs. Also reported: N A Cronin, a Terre Haute glass blower, aided by Leon residents, heads for Arizona. Levi Shepherd dies at 102 in Alden, recounting a long Iowa life from 1618 birth to 1865 Hardin county arrival.
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J. W. Jarnag
Des Moines
Iowa
Grinnell
Montezuma
Omaha
N. A. Cronin
Terre Haute
Indiana
Arizona
Decatur County
J. W. Wurst
Leon
Ife
Iogt
Levi Shepherd
Valentine
Alden
Hardin County
Pennsylvania
Jas. Monroe
United States
Thomas Jefferson
John Adams
Martin van Buren
Washington
Adams
Jefferson
Madison
First railroad talk and a bridge disaster in Iowa
Reports recall the building of the first railroad in America and a failed bridge near Waukon as a steam threshing outfit crossed. The outfit plunged fourteen feet, but the engineer escaped unharmed and the engine pulled itself out. The story then shifts to a series of local incidents including Cosgrove’s forged search warrant and a three year sentence, missing Charley Ross and gypsy searches, public dances and licensing in Des Moines, and a ministerial aviation controversy.
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Paint Creek
Waukon
Iself
James Cosgrove
Council Bluffs
Omaha
Cosgrove
Woodruff
Anamosa
Charley Ross
Philadelphia
Tha Gcyoeve
Bessie Ross
Charles Christy
Charles Ross
Iown
Ray Elliott
Marengo
Waterloo
Woyoo
Des Moines
Fort Dade
Cedar Rapids
Methodist Church
Hamer
Stuntz
Nevada
Story County
Neiteen
Stunts
Brother Neilson
Keokuk Dam Creator Plans Lake Resort Next Season
Engineer Hugh L. Cooper supervised the Mississippi river dam at Keokuk forming a lake forty miles long and up to three miles wide. Lawsuits over land overflow were settled as plans emerged for a ring of pleasure boats and summer cottages on bluffside shores.
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Hugh L. Cooper
Mississippi River
Keokuk
Lady teachers, dam plans, and wartime service noted
The article recounts plans for Engineer Cooper to build a vast dam across the St Lawrence, mentions the lake's renaming to Lake Keokuk for historical framing, and highlights Iowa teachers’ shortages after the war. It profiles Miss Frances Welsh, selected for a Rome-based community work mission, with her Laurel University degree and Washington service school lecturing. It also notes booster efforts by a school board member and rising teacher recruitment trends.
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Cooper Lake
Lake Keokuk
Cooper
St. Lawrence River
Frances Welsh
Mathew Welsh
Boone
National Catholic War Council
Italy
Rome
Miss Welsh
Laurel University
Chicago
the Nation, Service School
Washington, D
P. E. MacClenahan
Iowa
How Books Are Sterilized In War Time Hygiene
An article describes a method used by French hygienists to sterilize books without damaging them. A device with a beater and a formaldehyde chamber is described, using heated air and a high temperature to destroy germs while preserving texts.
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Deetor Marrsowlin
Montreuil
Aostid
Campaigner Suppressed Disease in South Africa 1902
Pratique Wags, the caeer in charge of an anti rabies campaign, helped suppress the disease in South Africa in 1902, reflecting early public health efforts and colonial administration responses to animal borne illness.
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Pratique
Wags
Caeer
South
Hard to Find Good Im Crow
Crows are described as omnivorous scavengers causing diseases in livestock and crops. They prey on eggs, young birds, and feed on nests across fields and hedgerows. The piece notes their intelligence and widespread raids on turkey nests, ducks, prairie chickens, and pheasants, highlighting their damaging impact.
Butter From Coconut Milk Process Described in Patent
A British patent describes extracting milk from fresh coconut kernels by crushing to paste with skimmed coconut milk, separating cellulose by pressing, and using centrifugal separators to collect cream. The cream is pasteurized, subjected to lactic fermentation, churned into butter, and washed. Alum or vegetable casein is precipitated from the coconut milk by heat, then dried and pressed.
Sapphire le New Fashion Gem
The article notes a fashion edict favoring sapphires as the favored gemstone for those wishing to join the trend. It contrasts sapphires with rubies, citing ease of initiate and a shift away from black connotations, urging continued attention to sapphire use.
Small Coinage Doubles Record Uneven Year
Durkee last year shows varied coinage values with figures around 4,000,000 dollars. The text cites nickels and half dollars along with quarters and dimes, noting differing totals and approximate multipliers. Names and places are unclear due to OCR erosion but large coinage totals are stated.
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Durkee
Utien Press
Optimistic Thought on Wealth Waste
A concise reflection notes that many ways exist to squander superfluous wealth while urging prudent use of resources and mindful spending to avoid frivolous excess.
Note on rabies rise during wartime unrest
The article notes an increase in rabies across Europe amid war, with outbreaks in England and France. Dog usage as manpower and lack of police supervision contributed to spreads from Belgium to Switzerland. The virulent strain showed short incubation, per Lenoir cited in Tournai de Medecine et de Chirurgie.
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Enghand
France
Telgium
North Sea
Switzerland
Lenoir
Tournai de Medecine Et de Chirurgie
Rent a Lock Box for Bonds and Papers at First Trust Bank
First Trust and Savings Bank offers a lock box service for bonds and papers. F H Rhodes serves as president.
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First Trust and Savings Bank
F. H. Rhodes
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State News
Knoxville
Toledo
Harlan
State Historical Department
Stomabake
State Board of Central Diva Xute Mhl A Peport
Tne
Oulkdale
Mike
Ewes
Soldiers
Davenport
Eldora
Glenwood
Mitchellville
Oakdale
State Supreme Court
Roy Emerson
Reston
Amerson
Supreme Court
America
Mills County
Mineola
A. J. Anderson
A. J. Moore
MecClure Syndicate
Eighth Street
Madame Mokea
B. B. Anderson & Sons
Estherville
Schumacher
Burt & Jones
Estherville, Fowa
Fone
Walker Motor. Co
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